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PaulG

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Husband & (step & dog)father. Generally liberal. Sports zero. Knowledge sponge. Try to make things better; bring kindness to the world. Animal software designer. Trained in Physics, so show your work! And, yes, I'm that old ...😑 San Diego.

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PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 5m

Right? It'd get their attention.

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 5m

I had seen a Guardian article outlining exactly this in more detail - and now I can't find it... 😖

But it sounds like an interesting prospect. Newsome here in CA should threaten it and start moving on it as soon and as loudly as possible!

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 1h

That was good.... 😏

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 1h

That really is wonderful.
And funny as fuck.
On homecoming weekend!

Well played, Purdue Exponent team!

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 1h

That really is wonderful.
And funny as fuck.

And on homecoming weekend!

Well played, Purdue Exponent team!

Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 23h

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

Sara Whitmer
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I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town.
Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming.
Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance.
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PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 2h

This is an AMAZING idea:

"THE EPSTEIN SHUTDOWN!"

They should say it every single time it is referenced!

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PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 2h

There is soooo much happening here. (Even though it is AI, that must've been a hell of a prompt!)

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 2h

Another commenter asked: what about taxes? If the IRS isn't operating, then ...
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PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 2h

The withholding of taxes is an interesting option.

What if states (eg. California) simply said, "No taxation without representation", and collected federal taxes and held them in escrow?

Hmmm....

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 2h

The withholding of taxes is an interesting option.

What if states (eg. California) simply said, "No taxation without representation", and collected federal taxes and held them in escrow?

Hmmm....

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 2h

No, but that's never stopped him, so... 🤷🏻‍♂️

As the original post noted: what are we going to do if...?

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 2h

They have an opportunity to do something amazing with that pipeline.

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 2h

Johnson knows that Chump will hold Johnson's sexual abuse history as blackmail and Johnson will happily kneel for him.

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, absolutely!

What stuns me is the lack of responsibility and agency here. It's as if all of these terrible things happened to him, like being struck by hail. And not that he is responsible for them happening.

Thank goodness she & her daughter got away from him.

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 2h

Remember: from Chump and his sycophant, every accusation is a confession.

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 18h

RPO = Risk Protection Order (thx to the comments.)
Translation: he owned guns and was mentally unstable enough that he was involuntarily committed for three days and they took his guns away.

"Why doesn't anybody want to live with me and my mental illness and my guns? Whaaaa"

WTAF? 😳

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 19h

Wait, admitted paid Russian agent Bennie Johnson said what now?

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 1d

Cops always lie. Especially to the press & public, where perjury isn't on the table.
A safe assumption far more than half the time.

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 1d

Hate makes him old & ugly.

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 1d

TACO
Chump always chickens out!

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 1d

Thank YOU for what you do!

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for your work, and for these resources!

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 1d

As it should be. 👌

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

it is my pleasure to report they are indeed mad as fuck on the other site over being blocked and ignored. keep up the excellent work everyone

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I joined Bluesky 6 hours ago, have not said anything rude or abrasive, and I'm already blocked by over 58,000 people.

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 1d

This is sooooo cute! ☺️

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 1d

There's a (now sad) rigid alignment between Jews and support for Israel, and Mamdani doesn't support Israel (for their actions.) In NYC, that's a tough dilemma to navigate.
But, after Adams, I can't fathom wanting an abusive loser like Cuomo.

PaulG @sneakerspg.bsky.social · 1d

Anybody who says, "Both sides are just as bad" is also saying, loudly, "I'm a privileged idiot."